Collated work sheets



J. A. WHERRY.

COLLATED WORK SHEETS.

APPLICATION FILED 1uLY2I,I92I.

Patented Aug. 8, w22.

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COLLATED WORK SHEETS.

APPLICATION FILED JULYZI, 1921. 1 y42496', Patented Aug. 8, 1922.

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LEDGER SH EE'T STATEMENT 6 TOWELS g/f7? DEBITS CREDITS oLDBAL N DESK JOHN A, WHERR'Y, or NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

., lcontaran WORK SHEETS.

Maanen.'

` Application filed July 21,

To all whom i may concern:

Be it known, that I, JOHN A. WHnRnY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at 5911 Prvtania Street, New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans andI State-,of Louisiana, have invented certain newV and iusefullmprovenients in Collated `Work Sheets; and I p do hereby declare the following to yloe a full,

` to materially simplify theo'peration of assembling the sheets in proper relationy and to ensurethe' accuratealignmentfof the corresponding portions of vthe, main'work sheet andthe supplementary worksheet to receive the .typewritten data; asfor example, the

v complete record of transactions inscribed on a ledger sheet and entendingover a relativelylong interval `oftime and thecorrespending data for a Jfractional portion of the time represented by the ledger sheet record,inscribed on the statement sheet, the application of the record being simultaneously made on both sheets. To this end t-he invention Vcomprises a primary or ledger sheet; printed in the usual form'withvcolumns for various entries, said sheet having a column of figures along one side corresponding with the line spaces of the typewriting'machine and havingy one of its'ends v provided with means to receive the folded end of the supplementarysheet and to prevent lateral displacement of the vlatter,.and a supplementary sheet provided with similar columns to receive corresponding data, said'she'et havingan extended end provided A'with lines spaced tocorrespond with the line spacing on the lprimary sheet and numbered in reverse order, said extended end being adapted to be folded or creased along a predetermined line and to be engaged with the endof the primary sheet so that the data may be properly applied to both sheets f simultaneously, the original impression of the typewriting machine being appliedto either of the,VV sheets and transferred to Ithe subja'cent sheetl by an interposed carbon sheet', preferablyl means lproi'fided for per- Specification of Letters Patent. fatnted I g; 8, i922 1921. seriai No. 4se,ea. f

manently locking-the carbon sheet tothe primary sheet.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichp- I Fig. l is a face view of the series of sheets constructed and assembled in accordance with the invention; i

Fig. 2 is a vertical section elevation of the assembled sheets;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to that shown in Fig. l illustrating a modification' of the 'inventlon. f

Referring to Figs. l and,- 2, 1 indicates the primary work sheet which is represented as a vstandard ledger sheet having the usuall heading and columnsfand spaces forthere-` ception of data such as is usually inscribed upon arecord sheet of this character and exemplified as date, items, debits, credits,

new balance, old balance. `At onesiole of.

the date column therev is applied a column 2 of consecutive numbers,'representing Ililies spaced in accordance with the lined spacing of the typewriting machine. l

The top edge of the ,sheetv 1 is provided with a notch 4, preferably rectangular in shape and of length equal to the width', of thesupplementary work sheet to loe` used in conjunction with the primary sheet, said supplementary` sheetk being either in the form of a bill or statement when vthe primary sheet is a ledger sheet.

Located below the notch 4 andfparallel therewith is a kerf or slot?) formed in the body of the primary sheet to afford means for locking a carbon transfer sheet to the primary sheet, which loclring'operation is effected by slipping one'end ofthe-carbon sheet through the slot of the pri-mary work sheet from the rear carrying it up over the ylower edge of the notch tand turning the freey edge of the carbon sheet downagainst the back of the work sheet andthenfolding the body of theI carbon sheet over the face of the primary work sheet `lwith the transfer side of the carbonsheet in yContact with the face of the work sheet. The supplementary work sheet 7 as indicated, is of sufficient width to snugly fit the notch 4` in the top of the'primary work-.sheet l and said sheet 7 is provided with a similar heading` and columns and. spaces substantially agreeing with 'those von the primary work sheet, as'indic'ated. The vupper end ofthe sheet 7 is provided with an extension hav-v t creasedbr folded end over the. upper. edge y of the sheet l so` that the creased.V edge of. said sheet 7 willoccupy notch, 4 in sheet 1 y it'A "thusassembled, with the interposed carbon,

ing applied thereto a series of parallel lines 8 numbered consecutively, which are spaced apart at intervalsgequal'to those between the figures in column 2 on the left-hand side 0f the sheet 1, the consecutive numbers on the end of the sheet 7 being in reverse order tol thenumbers in the column 2, `'lhe sheet' 7 may be folded or creased along of the.

numbered lines onl ther extended endl'thereof andeiigaged with sheet l. by slipping the 32.1.1@ be. prevented from, lateral displacement on said sheet, sol that the two sheets when f maybe placed in atypewriterfor the purf vposey of i'nscribing the fdata onfboth sheets,

or ymay be., assembled as anfentirety and pl'acedfinlfa suitable iile for subsequent use.. As indicated, the assembled* oi collated l sheets are employed for making` records of .l :commercial transactions Stich as will be re- 1 vcoidedfon ledger sheets, statements or bills.

Th'eledger sheet constitutesv the permanent record and; the.. Statement Sheet is 2in-index or record of transactions for given pleriod of time, say, as for example, alk month,

ywhile the vbill may represent one Or more instant 'transacti,OHS,of` which afrecordj is niafdel'immediately anddelivered to the purchaser. Obviously instead of al single sup-y plementary sheet, such as 4a statement being employed, duplicate or multiple`-copies may vvbemade at oneI time including-f all or any f''portiony offthe transactions recorded on the v main sheet, as for example, a monthly state-. f. ment may be applied. to the'ledger sheet as ously, it being, understoodI thatlth'e billfslieet will be. peperlyl adiustdand..applied, to, the

indicated, anda bill covering one or more instant transactions maybe superimposed in the proper relation onrth'e statement so that the record of the instant transactions will be inscribed on all three sheets ,simultane- "other sheets with a transfer sheet iiit'e'rposed betweenthebilland the sltateinent..v

` As' illustrated, ythe ,invention is' applied, to

'the @Hating 0f ledger Sheet @Siate- Amentafthe I latter indicating transactions' 'Iliade after. th f ourth transaction. .recta-,ded

tOIr 1f@ bs indicated, Oath@ frstline otthe statement sheet should recordedfir the f r line of 'the'ledger sheet.l ll'nhorderv 'to i fstth prner-registry '0f the lilies' Olkfhe ledgerv and statement sheet respectively, "the Y latter( is/folded along fifthA of the reversely nunibered'lines Sy O Ufhe extended liilg the first 'reCQrd "line @t tlie Statement the 'fifth' line on the' ledger sheet; 'which is the proper line of the ledger sheet to receive the next entry. The collated sheets are then .placed inthe typewriter and the records made in due course, the original appeering n the statement sheet and the carbon copy on the ledger. All subsequent data may be similarly inscribed onybothlsheets until the time interval represented by the kstatement"sl1e"et'"has expired when a new statement sheet issubstituted for the. completed' statement, in which event said" new statement sheet .will be folded on the p articular line'oftheseries 8 `offthfe extended end thereof representing the next line of theledgersheet to receive a record, F or example,"should theflirst'statement b e com- `pletedwhen the eighteenthline ofthe ledger sheet has been4 inscribed, the new vstatement sheet would be, foldedalong the nineteenth of the new statement sheet in registry with'the nineteenthline of the ledger sheet.

as: often. as necessary until thev ledger'sheet has been completelyiilled, and vif the ylatter 'is printed on'both sides the operations fare,

merel repeated, as willbeunderstood, and" it wil "also beappaient that the statement 'sheet may be applied-to record any or all of the transactio'nsfrecorded onthe Aledger sheet' and'may, as hereinbefore indicated, be

usedjin conjunctionfwith bills orsales slips which are made out aty ythe time ofthefparticulartransaction or transactions. l' .n

' 'Insteady ofy applying the notch which vreceives and substantially locks the suppley mentary or statement sheet `to the 'ledger sheet, at the upper edge Iof the latter, a similar notch such as l-py may be Aappliedtothe bottoni of' the ledger sheet as illustratedin Fig. 3.,v In such case, however, the lstatement,

slieet'will be' supplied with ka vcolumn of llinesfor spaces numbered consecutively extendingfiom itsA bottom and in reverse order tothe numbering' ofthe lines andy spaces represented the columnsQon one 01j both sides,l olf 'theV ledger sheet -ll ythe statementv sheet has two such columns 'of reyersely l arranged iigures designated by l0 lOior'one oneach edge of the"slieet` ,.tlie

Thisjseries of operations may be repeated` as radica-tea,

numbers runninggtfrom one to :In other y Y substantiallyfthe `same as those illustrated in Fig.' l.; noperating thisparticular `modfcation ,of the invention, thestatementsheet foldedyalong linefpalssing througli al particular iiuinber. on th'estatement sheet @Ofesiolidlnsgo thfnt lili@ fr. tliel'flser sheet to,receive thefrecordy'.' Asindicated, the ledgersheet has fourentries made thereon so that the next 'line to be' written irstheE fifth'f Therefore the 'statement "slieetwill" 130 respects the statement and ledger sheets "are izo be folded along line number 5 and engaged at the crease or fold with the notch 4 in the bottom of the ledger sheet. Thecarbon sheet may be slipped in place between the sheets i and 7 and the collated sheets placed in the typewriter and the several instant transactions recorded on both sheets, as in the preceding case. Should the ledger sheet contain fourteen recorded transactions when a new statement sheet is applied thereto, the latter will be folded along line number 15 thereon and engaged at the fold or crease at the notch 4 which will bring the first printing line ofthe statement into registry with the fifteenth line of the ledger sheet,

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the carbon sheet and the ledger sheet may be securely locked together for permanent use, and that the engagement of the statement sheet with the ledger sheet, by means of the creased or folded end of the latter engaging the notched edge of the former will afford a sufficiently substantial interlock between the sheets to permit them to be handled readily without disarrangement of the respective sheets and will enable them to be filed together, if such is found to be desirable.

What I claim is:

l. The combination of a main work sheet having a notch in one transverse edge thereof, and a supplementary work sheet adapted to be folded over or creased along any one of several lines and engaged at the crease or fold with the edge of the main sheet within said notch.

E2. The combination of a main work sheet having a notch in one transverse edge thereof, and a supplementary work sheet having a width substantially equal to the length of said notch and adapted to be folded over or creased along any one of several lines and engaged at the crease or fold with the edge of the main sheet within said notch.

3. The combination of a main work sheet having a notch in one transverse edge thereof and a slot parallel with and adjacent said l of several lines and engaged at the crease y 'or fold ywith the edge of the mainy sheet vwithin said notch.

4. The combination of a main work sheet having a notch in one transverse edge theref of and a column of figures indicating line spaces along one side, and a supplementary work sheet having one end provided with a series of lines numbered in reverse order to the column of figures aforesaid, said work sheet adapted to be folded or creased along a predetermined line and engaged at the crease or fold with the notch in the main sheet.

5. rlhe combination of a main work sheet having a notch in the transverse edge thereof and a column of figures indicating line spaces along one side, and a supplementary work sheet having aseries of lines o-n one end numbered in reverse order to the column of figures aforesaid andspaced. at equal intervals with said figures, said supplementary work sheet being adapted to be folded or creased along a predetermined line and engaged at the crease or fold with the notch in the main sheet. l

6. The combination of a main work sheet having a notch in the transverse edge thereof and a column of figures indicating line spaces along one side, and a supplementary work sheet having a series of lines on one end numbered in reverse order to the column of figures aforesaid and spaced at equal intervals with said figures, said supplmentary work sheet being adapted to be folded 0r creased along a predetermined line and engaged at the crease or fold with the notch in the main sheet, said main sheet having means thereon for cooperating with the supplementary sheet to prevent lateral displacement of the latter.

In testimony whereof I affix myl signature.

JOHN A.. WHERRY. 

